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affair
Overview of noun affair
The noun affair has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (23) matter, affair, thing -- (a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well")
2. (5) affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour -- (a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship)
3. (4) affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function -- (a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun affair
3 senses of affair
Sense 1
matter, affair, thing
=> concern
=> interest, involvement
=> curiosity, wonder
=> cognitive state, state of mind
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour
=> sexual relationship
=> relationship
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function
=> social event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun affair
2 of 3 senses of affair
Sense 1
matter, affair, thing
=> least
Sense 3
affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function
=> party
=> celebration, jubilation
=> ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance
=> fundraiser
=> photo opportunity, photo op
=> sleepover
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun affair
3 senses of affair
Sense 1
matter, affair, thing
=> concern
Sense 2
affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour
=> sexual relationship
Sense 3
affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function
=> social event
Antonyms of noun affair
Member Holonyms of noun affair
Substance Holonyms of noun affair
Part Holonyms of noun affair
Member Meronyms of noun affair
Substance Meronyms of noun affair
Part Meronyms of noun affair
Meronyms of noun affair
Holonyms of noun affair
Attributes of noun affair
Derived Forms of noun affair
Domain of noun affair
Domain Terms of noun affair
Familiarity of noun affair
affair used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun affair
3 senses of affair
Sense 1
matter, affair, thing
> concern
=> worldly concern, earthly concern, world, earth
=> matter, affair, thing
=> personal business, personal matters, affairs
=> part
=> point of honor
Sense 2
affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour
> sexual relationship
=> affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour
Sense 3
affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function
> social event
=> show
=> affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function
=> contest, competition
Meronyms of noun affair
3 senses of affair
Holonyms of noun affair
Grep of noun affair
affair
affaire
affaire d'honneur
affairs
gala affair
love affair
social affair
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